Leslie Wilfred Allison (1923 - 1942)

Born 3 Feb 1923 in Weenen, Natal, South Africa

Ancestors

Died 23 Jan 1942 at age 18 in El Alamein, British-occupied, Egypt

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This profile is for the South Africans that give their lives in World War II 1939-1945

Union Defence Force 1912-1957, World War II, South African Army, South African Artillery, 2nd Anti-Tank Reg.

Leslie Wilfred Allison was Killed in Action during World War II on the Battlefield in the Second Battle of El Alamein Egypt.

Biography

Leslie Wilfred Allison is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Name: Leslie Wilfred Allison ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Event Date: 3 February 1923 ^{[1] [4]}

Event Place:

Father's Name: Wilson Allison ^[4]

Mother's Name: Beatrice Kinsman ^[4]

Baptism

Event date: 4 March 1923 ^{[1] [4]}

Event Place: Ladysmith, Natal^[1]

Witnesses:

Military Info

Force number: 143951 ^{[2] [3]}

Rank: Gunner ^{[2] [3]}

Surname: Allison ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Names: L. W. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Regiment: South African Artillery ^{[2] [3]}

Unit: 2 Anti-Tank Regt ^{[2] [3]}

Unit 2: "B" Bty ^{[2] [3]}

Cemetery: Alamein Memorial ^[2]

Date of death: 23 January 1942 ^{[2] [3]}

Death

Event Date: 23 January 1942 ^{[2] [3]}

Age: 18 years and 11 months ^{[2] [3]}

Cause of death: Killed in action ^{[2] [3]}

Grave

Event Place: Egypt, Alamein, Memorial, Column 114^[3]

Note

El Alamein is a town on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. It’s known for a decisive 1942 WWII battle, commemorated in El Alamein War Museum with uniforms and tanks. Desert plants surround El Alamein War Cemetery’s headstones. Just outside town, the German War Memorial is a fortress-like structure with a central obelisk, built over a mass grave. The Italian War Memorial is a tower inscribed inside with names of the dead. Added by Van Heerden-335 December 2020.

Sadly his older brother Farrar Guyse Allison died on 9 June 1925 at the age of three and a half.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004", database with images, FamilySearch Baptism record of Leslie Wilfred Allison, 4 March 1923. Seen and entered June 28,2022 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} South African War Graves Project Memorial of Leslie Wilfred Allison Seen and entered June 28,2022 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12} Commonwealth War Graves Memorial of Leslie Wilson Allison Seen and entered June 6,2022 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Seen and entered June 28,2022 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz

• "South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950," database, FamilySearch Death notice of Leslie Wilfred Allison, 23 January 1942: 22 August 2019, Leslie Wilfred Allison, 1942; citing Probate, Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.

• Wikipedia First Battle, History

• Wikipedia Second Battle of El Alamein Added by Van Heerden-335 December 2020.